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#FBAFA3 — Light Vivid Red

#FBAFA3 is a red color we call Light Vivid Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #FBAFA3 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#FBAFA3 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A2EFFB; it also sits naturally between #FBA2C3 and #FBDAA2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBAFA3 · RGB 251, 175, 163

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Color values

HEX#FBAFA3
RGB251, 175, 163
HSL8°, 92%, 81%
HSV8°, 35%, 98%
CMYK0%, 30%, 35%, 2%
XYZ61.72, 53.81, 41.78
Yxy53.81, 0.3923, 0.3421
CIE-Lab78.35, 26.30, 17.34
Hunter Lab73.36, 26.14, 14.11

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 69% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 35% · Key 2%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #FBAFA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBAFA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBAFA3

.text { color: #FBAFA3; }
.background { background-color: #FBAFA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBAFA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 175, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(8, 92%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBAFA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 175, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBAFA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 175, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBAFA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBAFA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBAFA3

#F98C7B#F86E59#F64C31#F5290A#D32409#AB1D07#841606#5D1004#3B0A02#140301

Tints of #FBAFA3

#FCB6AC#FCBBB1#FCC3BA#FCC7BF#FDD0C9#FDD4CE#FDDDD8#FEE1DD#FEEAE7#FEEEEB

Tones of #FBAFA3

#F5B2A8#EFB7AF#E8BCB5#E1C1BC#DBC5C2#D5CAC8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2EFFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.79:1 Fails
Against black text11.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBAFA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBAFA3

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #FBAFA3: ·

How #FBAFA3 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #DAD9A6Deuteranopia · #DFE4A7Tritanopia · #F7A8A9

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FBAFA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fcffc1
#FCFFC1 · #FFE893 · #FBB4A5 · #FB9EC6
Palette 9adcff
#9ADCFF · #FFF89A · #FFB2A6 · #FF8AAE
Palette Ffcdb2
#FFCDB2 · #FFB4A2 · #E5989B · #B5828C
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette C7db9c
#C7DB9C · #FFF0BD · #FDAB9E · #E50046

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#FBB4A5#FFB2A6#FFB4A2#FFAAA5#FDAB9E#FFAAA6#FFAAA7#FFB6A6#FDAAAA#FFAAAA#FAB2AC#FDACAC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBAFA2  ·  #FBAFA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBAFA3?

#FBAFA3 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 175, 163). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBAFA3?

#FBAFA3 is RGB 251, 175, 163 — HSL 8°, 92%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 35%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBAFA3?

Its complement is #A2EFFB; analogous partners are #FBA2C3 and #FBDAA2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBAFA3 for text?

Black text on #FBAFA3 has a contrast ratio of 11.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.79:1.